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Hello! I’m very new here. I’ve been looking around the site for a while, and this RP really caught my eye. It’s honestly exactly what I’m looking for: group setting, beautiful, great writing, interesting locations, deep lore, and video game-themed. I’d really like to join! Though it’s not unlikely that I’ll struggle at first to blend in with more experienced players, my first few posts might not be very long, and I may not be so sure of myself or what I’m doing just yet…

I’ve read through the entire OOC thread and a good chunk of character sheets. I’m not very far into the IC events yet and not at all caught up with what’s currently happening, but I’m super motivated to read through everything just so I can feel fully comfortable posting (even if it takes a week or two before I’m ready to officially jump in IC).

In the meantime, I’ve been quietly working away and have actually already prepared a character sheet (sorry! I may have gotten a bit ahead of myself…). I’ll leave it here so you can review it when you have the time. It was sooo fun coming up with abilities and skills for her. I honestly struggled a little to rein it in, but I feel like I trimmed it down to a good starting point. Please let me know if she’s doing too much! Super excited to level her up and expand her kit if I get the chance.

In particular, you may notice I left certain mechanical aspects a little vague – mostly around status effects, IC cast times, durations, and the like. Any help would be much appreciated if those things need to be more specific! I’m still figuring out what would be considered over- or under-tuned, so please feel free to guide me in balancing things however you think is fairest.

Thank you so much! Have a great day.
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Hey there! First off, welcome to the forum in general, and welcome to the RP in particular. I'll gladly accept all your lavish praise for the World of Light, but there's no need to worry about fitting in, comparisons, or experience levels, we're all just here to have a good time and I think I speak for everyone in saying we'd be happy to have you! Kudos to you for doing your homework ahead of time, you've already pretty much gone above and beyond. It's great to see your motivation, and I'd be happy to extend you all the time and help you need to get situated and started. 

Your character sheet is mostly good. A different flavor of support sniper than Sandalphon, definitely. I have no problem with your skills or abilities, I would encourage you to add more numerical details if you want, though you don't have to be too specific either. I do have a couple of small notes. One is that your starting level should be 5, the sum total of the number of starting Abilities and Skills.

The other note has to do with the 'In the Now' section. The whole 'starting cities' thing was more for new characters at the start of the RP. Right now, the PCs are divided into White Team (following the Midnight Walk on an expedition through the Frozen Highlands to Moon Mountain) and Gold Team (participating in tournaments in the fighting game inspired city Esaka). In order to link up with a group I would recommend some changes. You could keep Marie's situation at Meridi-at-han, but she would need to be in Esaka for a music festival or some such instead. Or, you could put her somewhere in our path in the Frozen Highlands.

Right now, the team is at Krat Zoo and will be for another 2-3 weeks. The next stop on the expedition, 2 weeks after we leave, is Orca Space Center. The Frozen Highlands may not work as well in terms of theming, but White Team would probably suit her better than Gold Team since she isn't a physical fighter. Of course, she doesn't need to participate in the tournaments to be part of Gold Team, but it is the main event we'll be focused on while there.

Regardless of what you decide, I'm eager to see what you can do, and to welcome you to this all-star roster!